52651To George Washington from Anonymous, 12 June 1794 (Washington Papers)
The genius and spirit of the constitution of the United States requires, not only that the...
52652Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
GW suspected that British commander in chief Henry Clinton would immediately launch an offensive...
52653Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Under the terms of the Residence Act, GW was directed to select the site for the permanent seat...
52654Enclosure: Newspaper Publication, 1779 (Washington Papers)
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) —, 1779. > Some QUERIES, political and military, humbly offered to...
52655Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
In the weeks after GW’s return from his journey to the French commandant, reports of further...
52656Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Editorial Note David Humphreys wrote GW from France on 30 Sept. 1784 about the utility of having...
52657Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Congress’s presentation of “An Act for an apportionment of Representatives among the several...
52658To George Washington from an unidentified person, 6 Aug. 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from an unidentified person, 6 Aug. 1779. On 9 Aug., GW wrote an unidentified...
52659Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
In preparation for the writing of this letter, GW composed a list of topics which he wished to be...
52660Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
[New York, 30 April 1789] By early 1789 GW reluctantly accepted the inevitability of his election...
52661Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
After GW in December 1769 secured from Governor Botetourt and the Virginia council authorization...
52662To George Washington from the committee on the mustering department, 5 July 1779 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : from the committee on the mustering department, 5 July 1779. GW wrote the...
52663Proceedings of a Board of General Officers, 29 September 1780 (Washington Papers)
Proceedings of A Board of General officers held by Order of His Excellency General Washington,...
52664Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
GW began considering the schedule and route of his intended Southern Tour at least as early as...
52665Military, 1775-1783. Intelligence re strength of Sir Guy Carleton’s troops, May 1782 (Washington Papers)
1782 Men 42d Regt R&F 480 40. Do Do 320 Foreign Battns 300 ea 3300 York Island— 4100
52666Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
With the aid of Sir James Jay, Lady Huntingdon in 1784 developed a proposal to send out from...
52667Errata (Washington Papers)
Volume 1—p. xxiv, line 33: 1949–57 is 1948–57; p. 55, n.3: Thomas Nelson (1716–1782) is Thomas...
52668Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
E ditorial N ote . GW’s brief journal for 30 Sept.—20 Oct. 1794 records his journey from...
52669To George Washington from “A Sincere Friend,” 11 February 1797 (Washington Papers)
Knowing your regard for all Public utility & benefit; I beg leave to acquaint you of my having a...
52670Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
On 15 May 1784 the Virginia house of delegates agreed “to draw up an address to his excellency...
52671Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Lieutenant General Rochambeau had suggested in August that he and Rear Admiral Ternay meet GW to...
52672To George Washington from “A Friend to the People,” 13 September 1796 (Washington Papers)
Have we not a right as a nation, to demand the Marquis La’ Fayette as a Citizen of our Country....
52673Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
GW’s nomination on 22 Dec. 1791 of Thomas Pinckney, Gouverneur Morris, and William Short as...
52674To George Washington from Officers among the Sappers and Miners, 19 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
[ West Point, 19 Dec. 1780 ]. Capt. Lt. David Bushnell and four other officers write about “the...
52675Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Upon his marriage to the widow of Daniel Parke Custis on 6 Jan. 1759, GW assumed the management...
52676Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
E ditorial note . In Feb. 1795 GW resumed making notations on the calendar pages of his almanacs...
52677To George Washington from the Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons Emigrating from Foreign … (Washington Papers)
You are now approached by a society thro their Committee whose province it is to take the...
52678Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The unwillingness of the French expeditionary force to leave Rhode Island to combine with the...
52679Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
In the years immediately preceding the American Revolution, GW devoted considerable time and...
52680Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
GW’s older half brother Lawrence had been in poor health during the decade following the British...
52681Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The effectiveness of an army rests in large measure on the quality of its officers. GW recognized...
52682The Washingtons in Barbados (Washington Papers)
The arrival at Bridgetown, on Carlisle Bay, is not well documented because pages are missing from...
52683Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
E ditorial N ote The Society of the Cincinnati was instituted at Fishkill-on-Hudson on 13 May...
52684Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The following opinions concerning the defense of Philadelphia and the Delaware River apparently...
52685Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold recruited Joshua Hett Smith—who came from a family with significant...
52686Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
GW’s Farewell Address, published on 19 Sept. 1796, officially announced his decision not to seek...
52687Editorial Note (Washington Papers)
The network of spies and couriers that has come to be known as the Culper ring, on account of the...